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Four Things Youth Pastors Can Do To Help Students Value Race

Aug 4, 2020

Teenagers need safe places to talk about race. I wish it were my parents who pushed me to value race. But the truth is, they didn't have parents who valued race. They did their best raising us, but they weren't able to help me as much as they likely wanted to. My...

5 Things Teenagers Can Do

Jun 4, 2020

Advocating for an end to racial injustice is work that all of us should be committed to. For teenagers, it can feel scary not knowing who to talk to as they begin to articulate their beliefs, express their doubts, and challenge things that aren't right. Teenagers need...

5 Practices To Transform Your Life In Quarantine

Apr 13, 2020

Remember the time, back in early 2020 when we went places? It's starting to feel like we've been living the quarantine life for longer than we've lived our regular lives. It takes me a whole year to wash my produce and everything else I buy at the grocery store now. I...

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How the city of Lakeland, Florida is responding to domestic human trafficking.

Feature story by Brooklyn Lindsey & Kelly Green-The Lakelander Magazine

We Never Need Nobody

The young student scribbles the words “I don’t care” across his test paper. Later, when the teacher goes to the student to ask why, the child says, “I don’t know why I wrote it. I’m hungry and just can’t think.” He just can’t think. Because he hasn’t eaten since...

That’s Going To Leave A Mark

The inked words spell out all is grace. Permanently imprinted, it’s an external symbol of an internal transformation. This year, a few friends did something remarkable together. They lived on the brink of impossible things. For Ida Mundell, a homeschooling mother of...